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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, further providing for definitions, for duties of facility owners, for duties of designers, for duties of excavators, for duties of project owners, for damage prevention committee, for compliance orders and for administrative penalties; providing for action for recovery of penalty or forfeiture; and further providing for expiration of act."
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description: "An Act amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, further providing for definitions, for duties of facility owners, for duties of designers, for duties of excavators, for duties of project owners, for damage prevention committee, for compliance orders and for administrative penalties; providing for action for recovery of penalty or forfeiture; and further providing for expiration of act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
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legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 1237"
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citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1237 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Baker"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e3bdcd4-a24d-47cc-9bdb-94e039e926b4"
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source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=62&rollcallid=2583&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
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source_hash: "e2da5cde333353f8808b94acc4ff480ae19d726650ba4cb6efef01e01b4764a7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
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---
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# Pennsylvania SB 1237 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, further providing for definitions, for duties of facility owners, for duties of designers, for duties of excavators, for duties of project owners, for damage prevention committee, for compliance orders and for administrative penalties; providing for action for recovery of penalty or forfeiture; and further providing for expiration of act.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House Amendment A05868** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05868)
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2. **Printer's No. PN1689** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1237/PN1689)
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3. **Printer's No. PN1889** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1237/PN1889)
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4. **Printer's No. PN1917** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1237/PN1917)
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5. **Printer's No. PN1950** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1237/PN1950)
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6. **Senate Amendment A05610** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05610)
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7. **Senate Amendment A05684** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05684)
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## Votes
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- Committee vote (Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
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- BAKER AMENDMENT NO. A-5684 — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–6** (pass) · lower
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- A5868 — **201–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee vote (Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lisa Baker — primary (person)
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- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
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- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
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- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
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- Nick Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure `referral-committee`
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- **2024-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2024-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2024-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
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- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities `referral-committee`
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- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
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- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
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- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
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- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
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- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
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- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
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- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
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- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
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- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 127 of 2024
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e3bdcd4-a24d-47cc-9bdb-94e039e926b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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